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1. IN A RAILROAD CAR UNLOADING APPARATUS: (A) A ROTARY CAR DUMPERDESIGNED TO TURN A CAR OVER FOR DUMPING ITS CONTENTS; (B) A CARSUPPORTING TRACK EXTENDING THROUGH THE DUMPER, AND HAVING A SEVEREDTRACK PORTION ROTATABLE WITH THE DUMPER; (C) A FLUID-ACTUATED RAMPOSITIONED ALONGSIDE THE TRACK AT ONE END OF SAID DUMPER, ANDRECIPROCABLE ALONG THE TRACK; (D) MEANS MOVABLY CARRIED BY THE RAM FORMOVING THE CAR INTO THE DUMPER, INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSEDFINGERS FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH A PORTION OF EACH OF ADJACENT CARSON SAID TRACK; (E) MEANS COACTING WITH THE CAR MOVING MEANS FOREXPANDING AND CONTRACTING THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID FINGERS, WHEREBY SAIDFINGERS SELECTIVELY ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE SAID PORTIONS; (F) MEANS FORSELECTIVELY APPLYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO EXTEND AND RETRACT SAIDRAM; AND (G) MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING THE CAR MOVING MEANS INTOAND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT, RESPECTIVELY, IN PROGRAMMED RELATION WITH THEEXTENSION AND RETRACTION OF SAID RAM.